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THIIE DOLLRS A EAR,]FOR THE DISSEMINATION OF USEFUL INTELLIGENCE. [INVARIABLY JRD~
VOL. III.SDYMRNN,API , 87
I8 PUBLISHED
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Communications snbserving private
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_.. ucict Statement of the
ry and Supplemental
Acts.
SECTIONS.
-:egistrations to take place of
iqulfied; by the "Act for
mte Iore ecient government of
heeb States.'
- .E Nectons to be held to de
. w: ne whether a convention
'ale called:--.-votes by ballot
t be indorsed convention or no
lections to be held for dele
,ate8 to a convention, if determ
' 4. Constitation adopted by con
etion to be submitted to people
f- atination or rejection.
The people, consisting othe
stered voters, are thus to be
p pealed to three -times for their
4meet action at the polls.
THE VOTERS.
F he voters to be registered
%..uthave the, following qualifica
tions 1. Twenty-one years old ;
2. esident one year before day
glection; 3. "Of whatever race
o eoloi-' 4. Not disfranchised for
icipation in rebellion or for
log; &. Never been a member,
.af any State legislature, nor held
an executive or judicial office in
n y-tate, and afterwards engaged
-in. insurrection or rebellion against
the United States ; 6. Never hav
ta- n a.- oath as a member
CoIgress, or an officer of the
tedStates; or a member of a .
a ' gisature or an executive
or 4 ffieer of a:State to sup
pqrt the-Constitution of the Un
--tiStte's, -and afperwards engaged
in i~uretion or rebellion ; 7.
Sears to the above qulifications,
* iiath the addition "that I will
faitfull suporttheConstitu.
fion and obey the laws of the Uni
S ted .States, and will to the best of
~y ability encourage others to do
so.
THE CoNSTITUTTION.
- -The constitution to be framed,
must be~: 1. In conformity with
* 4he- Constitution of the United
States in all respects ; 2. Prescri
bes that thie-elective franchise shall
* enjoyed by "all such persons.
h1ave the "q.ualifications" pre
-' ~.i4ed in the acts for the election
Sdelegates, to the convention;
3 s:Shall be ratified by the quali
*;fed el,ectors; 4. Shall be submitted'
~to, and be approved of by Con
* -gres; 5: And the Legislature of
the State, under this constitution,
shall have adopted the constitu
.tional amendments, known as ar
tile fourteen ;-and, 6. Said article
shall have become a part of the
Constitution of the United States.
*EPREsENTATIoN-IN CONGRESS.
-1, Representative must never
have taken an oath to support the
Constitution of the United States,
as a- member of Congress ~or officer
of the United States--or a mem
ber of a State legislature, or as an
;.eecutive or judicial officer of a
State, and afterwards engaged in
insurrection or rebellion against
~the United States ; 2. Must appear
to Congress that the election was
one, in which the registered and
-qualed electors had an opportu
nity to vote freely and without re
straint, fear, or .the influence of
fraud;--and that t:he.Constitution
meets the approval of a* majority
of all the qualifiedZ electors ~in the
State.; 3. Mus't take the iron-clad.
~UBLIC DEBTs AND' sLAVEs.
A mendmnent -Article XLYX-T he
validity of the public debt of the
United States, shall not . be ques
tioned; and neither the United
States, nor any State, shall assume
or pay any debt incurred in aid of~
in,e,,--on or rebellion. or claim
tor the loss or emancipation of any
slaves. Congress empowered to
eniorce Article XIX. with appro
priate legislation.
PENALTY.
For swearing falsely, penalty
perjury, to be prosecuted and con
cicted in criminal courts.-~Mercury.
District No. 2-General Orders
No. 1.
The following general orders
have been issued by Gen. Sickles,
on assuming command of this de
partment, for a copy of which we
are indebted to Gen. Green.
HEADQ'RS 2D MILITARY Dis
TRICT,
(NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA,)
COLUMBIA, S. C., March 21, 1867.
General Orders No. 1.
I. In compliance with General
Orders.No.10, Headquarters of the
Army, March 11. 1867. the under
signed hereby assumes command
of the Second Military District
constituted by the Act of Con
gress, Public No. 68, 2d March,
1867, entitled "An Act for the
efficient government of the rebel
States.
TI. In the execution Df the duty
of the Commanding General to
maintain the secn'rity of the in
habitants in their. persons and
property, to suppress insurrection,
disorder and violence, and to. pun
ish, or cause to be puiiished, all
disturbers of the public peace and
criminals, the local civil tribunals
will be permitted to take jurisdic
tion of and try offenders, except
ing only such eases as may, by the
Drdcr of the Commanding General,
be referred to a commission or oth
er military tribunal for trial.
III. The civil Government now
Ixisting in North Carolina and
south Carolina is provisional only,
ind in all respects subject. to the
parancunt authority of the Uni
ted States, at any time to abolish,
rnodify, control or supersede the
same. Local laws and municipal
regulations not inconsistent with
the Constitution anid laws of the
United States, or the proclama
tions of the President, or with
such regulations as are or may .be
prescribed in the orders of the
Commanding General, are hereby
declared to be in force ; and, in
con formity therewith, civil officers
are hereby .authorzed to continue
the exerc-ise of their proper func
tions, and will be respected and
obeyed by the inhabitants.
IV. Whenever any civil officer,~
magistrate or court neglects or re
fses to perform an official act
properly required of such tribunal
or officer, whereby due and right
ful security to person or property
shall be denied, the case will be
reported by the post Commander
to these Headquarters.
V. Post Commanders will cause
to be arrested persons charged
with the commission of crimes
and offences, when the civil au
thorities fail to arrest and bring
such offenders to trial, and will
hold the accused in custody for
trial by military commission, pro
vost court or other tribunal organ
ized pursuant to orders from these
hedquarters. Arrests by military
authority will be reported prompt
ly. The charges preferred will
be accompanied by the evidence
on which they are founded.
VI. The commanding- General,
desiring to preserve traniquility
and order by means and agencies
most congenial to the people, so
licits the zealous and cordial co
operation of civil officers, in the
discharge of their duties, and the
aid of al1 good citi zerg in preve-n
tin. conduct tending to disturb~
the peace ; and' to the end that
occasion may seldom arise for the
exercse of military authority in
matters of ordinary civil adminis
tration, the Comnmanding Gene
rai repectfully and earnestly com
mends to the-people and authori
ties of North and South C,arolina
unresered obedience to the au
thority now established, and the
d-+ ien.emeate an1 impartial
execution of the laws enacted for
their government.
VII. All orders heretofore pub
lished in the Department of the
South are hereby continued in
force.
VIII. The following-named offi
eers are announced as the staff of
the Major-general Co-Mmanding:
Capt. J. W. Clous, 38th U. S.
Infantry, Act. Ass't Adjt. Gen. and
Aid-de-Camp.
Capt. Alexander Moore, 38th
U. S. Infantry, A;d-de-Camp.
Brevet Maj. J. R. Myrick, 1st
Lieut. 3d Art., Aid-de-Camp and
Act. Judge Advocate.
Maj. James P. Roy, 6th U. S. In
fantry, Act. Ass't Inspect. Gen.
Brevet Maj. Gen. R. 0. Tyler,
Deputy Quartermaster Gen. U. S.
A., Chief Quartermaster.
Brevet Brig. Gen. W. W. Burns,
Major and C. S., U. S. A., Chief
Commissary of Subsistence.
Brevet Lieut. Col. Chas. Page,
Surg. U. S. A., Med. Director.
D. E. SICKLES,
Major-General Commanding.
It will be seen from the order
that no change whatever will take
place in the administaation of the
laws by the civil authorities, un
less some exigency arises which
may demand the interference of
the militai y authorities. We hc'e
and trust that no such exigency
will occur, and that the desire of
the Commanding General, ex
pressed in the sixth paragraph of
the order, "to preserve tranquility
and order by means and agencies
most congenial to the people," will
be faithfully co-operated with, both
by the civil authorities and all good
citizens, and that they will render
that "universal obedience" to the
laws which is so highly desirable
in the present condition of our po
litical affairs.-Phenix.
Woman's Wages.
Reform is the order of the day ;
yet there is one reform sadly need
ed, which is overlooked by those
desirous of improving human con
dition ; that is a reform in woman's
wages. A woman may do a particu
lar work just as well as a man
does, perhaps even with more care,
yet, while her strong brother re
ceives three dollars, one is placed
in her weak hands, and she is told
to be thankful that she can earn
even that.
Now, why is this ? Does it not
cost a woman as much to live as a
man ? She pays as high a rent ;
the person from whom she buys
groceries does not deduct on ac
count of her womanhood ; she gets
her shoes no cheaper because she
is a woman ; yet, because she is
a woman, she receives scarcely
enough for her work to keep body
and soul together. She requires
.s much to live on as man, though
she may not require as much for
liquor and cigars.
In speaking of the remuneration
awarded to woman for her work,
we are not alluding to the higher
modes of labor-literature and the
arts. Here woman stands as man's
equal. The magazine that pays
three or five dollars a page, as the
case may be, does so irrespective
of sex. A woman's book is as well
paid for as a man's ; no one thinks
of paying Miss Hosmer less for
her statues, or Rosa Bonheu.r less
for her pictures, because they are
the creation of women. A volume
of Augusta Evan's enniobling
thoughts wvill sell for as mugh as
one of Bulwer's emanations. T
literature and the arts fortunately,
-for its female votaries, there is no
sex. A woman, if she has the
gift, can make as much by her pen,
her chisel, and -her brush, as a
man can.
It is the every day, hemely ways
of making a living to which we
now allude. Take teaching, for
instance: a man can always exa-ct
more for his services as a teacher,
than a woman possibly can, even
though .she may possess better
qualifications for the work. A
g~-m.e- may eceive two hun
dred dollars for a year's work; her
brother, for doing precisely the
same thing, will get eight hundred
or a thousand.
In New York city alone there
are thirty thousand women whose
labor averages from twelve to
fifteen hours a day, and whose in
come does not exceed thirty-three
cents a day. Now, when it is
remembered that some of these
women have families to support,
we can readily imagine how they
live, or, rather how they starve.
Why, at the present rate of living,
a single woman can scarcely main
tain herself under .a dollar a day;
to what a condition, then, must
the women be reduced who has
half a dozen little mouths to feed.
at is the consequence of this?
Either the woman is ground down
to the earth by want and misery;
having scarcely the heart left to
even pray to her God for relief; or
with a despair, that the world calls
sin, forgets the teachings of a pious
mother, tramples on the instincts
of her own virtuous heart, and
plunging into guilt,' lives by it.
Alas ! that sin should pay so much
better than honest virtue.
We wonder at the fearful tide of
sin swelling and surging up in our
large cities; and blame the Black
Crook, and Swinburne's poems,
and Griffith Gaunt, and the public
schools, and the war-indeed every
thing but the right cause. Let us
look deeper; cleave this matter
with the axe. of investigation to
the very heart ; this evil is not
on the surface-look beneath the
upper crust of daily life, and you
will find that this simple matter of
woman's wages lies at the root of
it.. Theologians may preach, and
moralists may sigh and suggest
remedies ; but you can never turn
the tide back -until you do justice
to woman, and make her realize
that if she will work,- she shall
live, not starve by it.-Fairfield
Herald.
Planting the Wrong Crop.
The Milledgeville, (Ga.) Pederal
Union, after stating that thle ap
p'eals oft the press to planters, to
plant corn instead of cotton, have
had the contrary effect, each man
thinking that his neighbors would
follow the advice and leave him a
chance to make money on cotton,
says :
From all that we can hear, there
will be a much larger crop of cot
ton and less corn, planted this year
than last. Consequently we may
look out, if the season is good, for
a fall in the price of cotton and a
rise in the prise of corn. If such
a system of farming does not bring
distress and poverty, and ruin,
upon the country, all history and
experience is a cheat and a lie.
The attachment which some men
feel towards cotton bales, is a
species of idolatry-they literally
worship them. But God in all
ages has punished idolatry of every
kind. Southern planters should
remember that by the time .the
next cotton crop is picked out, in
in all probability, the country will
be swarming with military officers,
who will begoverned by no law
but their own will. These men
have a great affection for cotton
bales, and will be quite' likely to
appropriate a few of them to their
own use. They wil? have the
power and will not be long in find
ing an excuse; : We would ask our
planters sincerely, if they would
lie to raise cotton for ourmilitary
.rulers ? They will not be likely to
s~eize upon provisians. They do
not want us to starve. They' are
send ing provisions now to lgeep
us from starving. They want us to
live to make cotton for ti'm Let
us be careful how we starve the
poor, impoveri'sh ourselves and
offend God, for the sake of raising
cotton to enrich military officers.
We recommend the aboys sensi
bleremarks to the consideration
of farmers, with this 'slight qual-.
ification. Cotton, being the most
ping cro of the South, should
be planted extensively, as a means
of paying off debts and bringing
money into the Souuh. But in
prosecuting this end, the means
of sustaining life should not be
neglected.-Bread is more impor
tant than money ; and in the pre
sent condition of our country, it
becomes the duty of those who
cultivate the soil, to see to it that
there is enough bread produ 3d to
supply the country. Alter this
duty is performed, let them, by
all means, raise as much cotton as
they can, to add to the capital and
resources of the South.-But we I
hope the temptation to make
money will not lead our .planters
to the suicidal policy of trusting
to other portions of the country
for corn, at $1.20 in specie, with
cotton at 10 to 15 cents.
Plant Grain.
The political affairs of the coun
try are in such a disturbed condi
tion, that the public mind at the
South scarcely knows which way
to turn its attention. Threatened
with military rule, commerce and
business of all kinds becomes de
pressed, agriculture fnds a difficul
ty in securing assistance necessary
to conduct successfully, and every
thing is at a stand still. This is a
state of affairs greatly to be de
plored, and it becomcs the duty of
Lue people to mitigate the evil as
far as lies in their power. We do
not suppose that the military will
interfere with labor and trade, any
further than may be absolutely
necessary in enforcing their or
ders; but will rather give every
facility in their power to encour
age them. At least, we hope so.
With this expectation and this
hope, we advise our people to con
tinue on in the even tenor of their
way; not to allow their fears and
regrets to overcome them; but to
continue to work-and particular
ly to cultivate the soil. Plant
grain and make as much to eat as
possible. If we cannot vote or
talk politics, let us, at least do all
that we'can to keep from starva
tion. Perhaps, after all, something
may soon turn up for our good,
that will relieve us from dangers
which threaten us, and enable us
to progress in Union, peace, and
harmony.-Aug. Prss
ADVICE TO YOUNG MEN.-The
Monroe (La.') Intelligencer, advises
all young men of small means, to
dub their capital in partnerships
from two to a half dozen, rent a
plantation, and go to work them
selves. The proceeds of a copart
nership of a half dozen manly
young men's labor, on a plantation,
would be a larger dividend than
~they can get in almost any other
way. Besides, it would be an in
come from honest and honorable
labor-to many of our young men,
we are constrained to say, a novel
consideration. Several young men
who were heretofore hangers on
about town, went to work last
season, and we are told that they
earned~more than they ever did in
a year before.- Our young men
have both opportunity and--incen
tive. Let them conquer their
ma uvaise haute, and pull off their
coats ivith the manly determination
t-o owe nothing to friends or chance,
but all to their own manly exer
tions..
A WOMAN DID IT.-It seems
that'the womnei are at the bottom
f everything that is go.od~ The
New York Times, speaking of the'
bill now before Co'ngress appropyi
ating a million dollars to .relieve
'the distress of the South, says :
"It is due to the 'truth of histo
ry' to say that the springs which
have brought about this noble re
sut were set in motion by the
gracious genius of a woman, Mrs.
Jessie B. Fremont, to whom also
we are iudebted for the ' contribni
tion of a national ship, the Duma
barton. now loading at this port
with stores for the immediate re
ief of the Fothern States.
East Florida-Interesting In
dian Data.
We are. indebted, says the New
Qrleans Picayune, to General Hart
suff, commanding the department
of the Gulf, for copies of letters
relative to the affairs of the Dis
trict of East Florida, from which
we extract items of interest. The
follo:ing letter from Chas. F.
Hopkins, dated St. Augustine
February. 6, 1867, and addressed to
General John F. Sprague, com
manding the District of Florida,
will be found interesting, as it
gives an account of the Indians
still remaining in the Everglades
of that State :
I have the honor tp state, for
your information, that during my
recent travels through this State,
and more particularly throughout
that portion of it occupied by In
dians, I have been enabled to _col
lect some information in relation
to this race, which may be . inter
esting -to you.
As regards their number, I am
induced to believe that there are
about 450 in all now in the south-.
ern portion of the State ' about
85 or 90 of this number are- war
riors. In December last, I saw at
Fort Capror one warrior ("Indian
Parger,")-his squaw and five chil
dren, who had visited that point
for the purpose sellhig -hogs, tra
ding, etc. They spoke English,
and evinced every disposition to
be friendly with the -white set
tlers.
There are forty-seven warriors
residing east of the- Kimsimee
river, and the remainder south
west, or between that stream and
the Gulf 'cast. One warrier and
his family and a negro man, (slave)
reside on Shingle Creek_: one war
rior with family and one negro
man (slave,)' reside at the -head
waters of the Kissimmee, and ano
ther warrior and family at the
head waters -of the St. John's
river.
There are probably other slate
holding Indians in this State and,
they are either ignorant of the
President's proclamation in rela
tion to slavery, or do-not regard it,
as one of them offered to sell his
negro man at Fort Ca.pror, a short
time since, for three hundred dol
lars.
These Indians do not claim to
be Seminoles, style -themselves
"Micausukies" and in theirf op)in
ion still ow.n the country, as they
have never disposed of it to -the
United States. -Ther6 is a -large
and valuable region of country,
peculiarly adapted for the raising
of stock and the cultivation of
tropical fruits, sugar, cotton, to
bacco, etc., commencing about
New River and extending south
between the Everglades and the
Atlantic coast, the resources, of
which will never be fully- devels
oped until it has been su@ved
and emigranta desiring to settle
there are enabled to know the
numbers of lots or land they adre
cultivating and improving. The
climate in this region is healthy,
and delightfully pleasant the en
tire year. In the vicinity of Fort
Dallas, or the "Miami country,"
as it is commonly known, and
along the western shore of Key
Bisca- - Bay, there are many
beautial. sites for residences, and
the day is. not far distant when
this region of.cQuntry will be the
garden spot of the State.
LONDON, March SI'-1he reform
bill passed to .a ,segornd reading
withoute dissenting sofce? --
The Liverpool Timeas,of the 23d
instait, tells 4he sfollowing heart
rendiiv story ( aA fire broke, t
gesterdayimorniing, aidecingtoni,
in a seed dealet's shop, ovei- which
was an infant'gschool. The rapid
ity of the flame&prevented the es
tape of the 'hildren-w-ixty in num
ber-and it is feared that the ma
ority have perished. T welve dead
bodies had been 'taken out when
th report was despatchd."
Rules for. Cow Manae n
Cows.shotId.roml azR
before ealving-if .mekS
toward calving the calv '
poorer.
A Cow newly e.ome Y W
not drink cold waterin ol }
er, bu'r moderately warmn o
Calves intended foi- aisin k.
be taken-from.-the s
few days and .they.wille bl s
able to suck whIn old.- ee e h
first vith new mill f
then skim _milk taking as at . -
-all ehangesare radal -
only a poitiondir t-:;,.
a little meal.,c';
Calves well fed and
of with a quart or two -
daily in Wfnter- will be d
sizeiat two years they ow -
attained by comn:o tre tj -
Heifers thus treated
in at tiro yearsL- 9n.Ed
better than negtetsd- x
three, and one&ye
saved.
Hearty eates -rE
cowsa spd-tyra'
ed whe. 9 aveas.: A
-#ill be a daintyo.
- Parsons who. -M'
their nails cut sh -
sometries-hurf wit
.lessness.
Old e.CWS sloa
fi#teea years. Thedairyw e
fore,-vho his fifteel
raise a heiferaflfCa y
supply .t}h taeney
calves, and soort
Heifers driQ d'
calvmg, -will 41'gs rt
the sametiinejn,ee
fore, be. carefarl o; c
firs't year, unti abo
before calving
Sprig cows slr eu p
while they are ye rn
before they - re u
which will be mof
vent caked hag and% k
ever doaht tEere nia- he ~
in the minds.oa'
in refedrene:6 t'o lii ex14 ~A
pursued under the i
has been enthi 1ied0
passage of the ipe- 2bi
-ahe-formner leftVns the
choose or reject itdo4iMd
take the chnnd
of-Congrss. 'The etto
the, machinery by wiliegt e~
of reorganizationids t. be ~ i-'
pli'shed. If it *as desidg&
the policy. of. no-achogfamre
*by many, to thiyd the dsli'
Congress, h'erg MoJs 1 e~-~
case-'for apath-n et
by abstamme-g frm an~~'~
the work ?of %conegstrne~i,
voluntarily surrender th3-'oIn -
mnachifery of ou gorn
State and Federae irrto the1%i9
of-those havimgno sy t i#
onr' past suffngs altr
capacity orgp~rpose 4e~
the~ overnment swith a1sti&>r
efficiency.
Whatever -exense ithef n~q'
have been for waiting h
the time for amnted nd~ eamst
action has iow ari'jed. -To i-e
main sullen pr passivenowire>to
sur-render the State int thehands
of some Brownlow, or'~
Baylor, with a reti io~
and truculant soldiers' 6f-fre
who will seize upon bar ~irns
to become our rulers. Every, one,
therefore, not disfranchised by the
Mii, should not only resolve to
vote, but should exert to the- ut
most his influence to induce others
to vote for those who w hatevet
may haie been. their views -f se
'ceson,pre true to the hondian
traditions of the State>-Pres
A Dutchman~ oute i d
a second wife a week ate theka
of wife No. The5abythfblIow
ing the bride askea' hier lordsto
take her riding, and was Mat' up"
with the following response:
"You tink I ride out mit anothei'
woman so soon after thevdeathi of
mine frau ? No. No !'